CAT 2021 Alligations and Mixtures Question (Medium)

Question

A vessel has 500 litres of milk. 50 litres of milk is replaced with 50 litres of water in this vessel. If this operation is repeated another 2 more times, what is the percentage of milk in the vessel at the end?

Optima Learn · Accepted Answer

To find the final milk percentage, we need to apply the repeated-dilution formula for replacing part of a mixture with water. Understanding the setup the vessel holds 500 L of milk 50 L is replaced with water in each of 3 total operations the original replacement plus 2 more repeats . Analyzing the

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CAT 2021

Quantitative

Alligations and Mixtures

Medium

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